2011/8/28 Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected]>: > > On Aug 28, 2011, at 4:32 AM, Germán Arduino wrote: > >> I think that having problems in software is a common reality, unfortunately. >> >> May be Squeaksource and it's servers (I don't know) are having a lot >> in these days, but the point I would mention is that is needed to >> think in "availability" more than in have 0 problems. > > > > The problem of the instability of SS is that using files as a back end when > you put hundred thousands of files in on folder > does not scale. > Guess how many files are in the seaside repository :) and the pharo? >
Yes, I know. Then here the problem in the persistence in file system, were a possible solution could be a replicated file system: http://www.xtreemfs.org/ (To mention one example of what I'm talking about). > Stef > >> The problems will exist, sooner or later, with SmalltalkHub or >> Squeaksource3, the challenge is, in my point of view, to have >> availability (some ways of reaction) in front of different failures. > > no we hope not. > I hope the same, but we should work thinking in that the problems could exist (software, communications, servers, etc) then is good to think in terms of availability (Is not cheap, I know).
